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1992: LUCELLINO
The Lucellino is perhaps unique among lighting
designs in having goose feathers on its list of
components. Ingo Maurer’s whimsical masterpiece,
a light bulb with wings supported only by its
connecting wires, has been hugely influential
among designers and exemplifies Maurer’s witty
approach. It was also another instance of his
fascination with the light bulb, which he described
as ‘the perfect union of technology and poetry’.
www.ingo-maurer.com

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1965: LAVA LAMP
Symbol of the psychedelic sixties, the Lava Lamp
has been through several generations of retro
rediscovery since it was designed by Edward Craven
Walker, inspired by a contraption he came across in
a country pub involving an egg-timer and a light
bulb. ‘I think it will always be popular,’ Walker said.
‘It’s like the cycle of life. It grows, breaks up, falls
down and then starts all over again.’
www.mathmos.com

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1961: SPLÜGEN BRÄU
The Castiglioni brothers conceived Splügen Bräu
in 1961 but it didn’t see the light of day until it
went into production in 1964 with manufacturer
Flos. The undulations of the polished, spun-aluminium construction animate the light that
falls on it and the shade becomes a curiously
elusive form, with its edges melting to appear like
liquid mercury.
www.flos.com

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1975: PAPILLONA
Tobia Scarpa began designing for the Venini
glassworks in Venice before building up his own
business in the 1960s making modern furniture. In
the early 1970s he was commissioned to design the
first models for lighting company Flos. His Papillona
uplighter, using die-cast enamelled structures and
glass diffusers, swiftly became a classic.
www.flos.com